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January 9, 2025 55 mins

Happy New Year's!
We complete our list of Top Ten books we read in 2024.

Also we got some special categories to get some additional books mentioned.
Head over to the our Instagram page and let us know your favorite books you read last year.

Jerry's Top 5
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Liz's Top 5
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Bride by Ali Hazlewood
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman


Book that was more entertaining than good.
None of This is True by Lisa Jewell
The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden

Favorite Character
Viv from Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Justin from Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Favorite Villain
Magos from Monstrillio by Gerardo Samano Cordova
The League of Supervillains from Starter Villain by John Scalzi

Books we should have read a long time ago.
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Book that needs to be adapted into a Muppets movie.
Monstrillio by Gerardo Samano Cordova
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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